Castlight·Software Engineer

Castlight Software Engineer interview experience

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Medium

Positive

San Francisco, CAPosted Mar 2015 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I first connected with the team through a recruiter at a career fair.

That turned into a short phone interview that lasted about 30 minutes, and from there I moved to an on-site. The on-site ended up being pretty structured: four back-to-back 45-minute interviews with one behavioral round and three technical ones. After the interviews, I sat through lunch and also did a product demo.

What stood out most was how genuinely engaged everyone seemed. The interviewers felt friendly and interested rather than checking boxes, and the whole day had a low-stress vibe. I wasn’t left guessing about what was happening next, and even though the technical rounds were real,

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